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		<title>Are You an Over-involved Parent?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re mystified as you watch her in action and want to scream, &#8220;Stop behaving like that.&#8221; Sounds, like I&#8217;m talking about a child, right? I&#8217;m not; I&#8217;m talking about an over-involved parent. Over-involved parents tend to micromanage everything in their child&#8217;s world. They&#8217;re the parents who think it&#8217;s better to fix, rather than teach their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Cure for the Common Bad Attitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing in parenting remains the same from day to day&#8212;nothing except the presence of feelings! Feelings are part of life, part of being a child, and definitely part of parenting.   Because your child is growing quickly, her feelings change from one moment to the next. That means your parenting solutions have to change too. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Kids Choices that Lead to Cooperation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 22:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#39;s common for parent educators, including myself, to tell parents, &#8220;Just offer them a choice and they&#8217;ll cooperate!&#8221;   Well, if offering a child a choice is so easy, then why does this parenting technique backfire more times than not? Why does a child scream &#8220;NO!&#8221; when given a choice instead of smiling and saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Calm Down After a Tough Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Oprah we&#8217;ve all shifted the way we see and deal with stress. &#160;We know it&#8217;s dangerous to our bodies, but knowing doesn&#8217;t magically change things. We have to make some changes to help ourselves. Here are seven ways to calm down before, during or after &#8220;one of those days&#8221;! 1. Breathe Breathing is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make 1-2-3 Warnings Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 01:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#39;re probably used to giving your kids warnings (&#34;That needs to stop right now!&#34;), but do they work? You may find that your warnings are more effective when you tailor your approach to your child&#8217;s temperament. Here&#39;s a question to help you figure out what kind of approach to take:&#160; How does your child react [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Handle Relatives Who Are Hurtful</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I read a few posts about dealing with family members who were rude, hurtful, and gossipy. It&#8217;s all too common, and makes me think of a letter I recently wrote to myself: Dear Me, This week was rough. People said unkind things to me and to those I love. I wanted to yell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Not to Say When You&#8217;re Disappointed With Your Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[behavior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Proactive Parenting Online Parenting Skills Class]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.&#8221; When I was little that rhyme was the big, bad, powerful statement we used to ward off the vicious attacks of other kids.    That rhyme gave us power, but didn&#8217;t protect us from the sting of the words. It didn&#8217;t stop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 Ways to Get Your Child to Listen to You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I asaked a group of moms, &#8220;How do you get your child to listen to you?&#8221;   Some replied, &#8220;Give consequences till he listens&#34; and others, &#8220;Be willing to leave if she doesn&#8217;t listen.&#8221; Those things do work, but most of the time a parent has to add a reaction to the request in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tips for Fighting Productively with Your Spouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Valentines Day this week and love is in the air! Many couples think that love means never disagreeing. They actually think that if they fight, their love is coming to an end. Oh, how untrue! Disagreements are healthy, and happen to every couple. You actually get closer when you resolve disagreements. The problem is, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Ways to Prevent Sibling Rivalry</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self Esteem]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When siblings, everyone in the family is affected. When a parent hears, &#8220;Give it to me!&#8221; &#8220;Get away from me!&#8221; or &#8220;No, m-i-n-e!&#8221; their first reaction is to yell, &#8220;Stop it!&#8221; or &#8220;How many times have I told you!&#8221;   Many parents with more than one child have told me: &#8220;They fight terribly. . .They [...]]]></description>
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